PRACTICE AREAS
Our firm supports the diverse needs of local and international clients with extensive, wide-reaching services.
In particular, we offer comprehensive advice and services for the foreign investor. The firm supports clients throughout all stages of the investment process, from building a business structure to maximizing investment incentives, forging key partnerships and managing operational challenges. Combining international business acumen and local legal knowledge, our approach ensures optimum results.
Bun & Associates regularly updates clients on legal developments via publications and resources.
We practice in the following key areas:
- Corporate
- Corporate incorporation;
- Business registration and declarations;
- Qualified investment project registration;
- Regulatory compliance;
- Corporate legal secretary;
- Corporate structure (legal & tax);
- hareholders’ agreements and joint venture agreements;
- Corporate due diligence;
- Mergers and acquisitions;
- Corporate restructuring.
- Commercial
- All types of business licensing;
- Distributorship agreement (exclusive and non-exclusive);
- Trade of goods and services;
- Agency;
- Franchise;
- Management and professional services;
- Legal compliance of industrial standards;
- Quality certification of products and services;
- Transport (inland, maritime and air);
- Acquisition and transfer of goodwill;
- Competition;
- Product liability and consumer protection.
- Banking and Finance
- Licensing (banks, microfinance institutions and securities firms);
- Regulatory compliance;
- Loan facilities and security documents (commercial and private);
- Securities business;
- Structured finance;
- Financial lease;
- Secured transactions;
- Trade finance;
- Project finance/Public Private Partnerships;
- Debt collection;
- Debt restructuring;
- Escrow;
- Microfinance.
- Insurance
- Licensing (insurance, brokers and agents);
- Insurance regulatory compliance;
- Insurance and reinsurance agreements;
- Claims;
- Audit;
- Agreement with external service providers.
- Real Estate
- Real estate due diligence and search;
- Real estate holding structure (legal and tax);
- Protection of foreign investor;
- Land registration, titling and conveyance;
- Property acquisition (including negotiations, financing and security packages) and lease (including long-term leases and commercial leases).
- Property & Infrastructure Development & Agro-Industry
- Licensing (real estate agent, property valuator, property developer);
- Co-ownership;
- Property service management;
- Professional service agreement (including architecture, engineering);
- Special Economic Zone;
- Economic land concession and privatization;
- Public infrastructure development;
- Land expropriation process.
- Construction permits and regulatory compliance;
- Construction contracts and sub-contracts;
- Environmental impact assessment.
- Labour registration (including registration with the National Security Fund) and compliance;
- Labour due diligence (restructuring, take-over);
- Labour outsourcing;
- Employment contracts;
- Internal rules;
- Confidentiality charter;
- Code of ethics;
- Collective bargaining;
- Foreign employee (work permits and immigration);
- Negotiations with employees’ representatives (shop steward and trade union);
- Labour dispute resolution (individual and collective);
- Labor law related trainings.
- Mediation, arbitration and out-of-court settlement;
- Civil, commercial and criminal litigation.
Intellectual Property Rights & New Technologies & Information
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Search and registration of patents, trademarks, copyright, geographical indication, and other intellectual property rights;
- Licensing, sub-licensing and franchising agreement;
- Intellectual property rights enforcement;
- Anti counterfeiting and infringement settlements and litigation.
- New Technologies & Information
- Licensing (internet service provider, telecommunication, media);
- E-commerce;
- Website;
- Broadcasting;
- Content legal compliance.
- Corporate (including NGOs) tax filing, declarations and compliance;
- Tax planning and strategy;
- Tax incentive (Qualified Investment Project);
- Merger and acquisition tax strategy;
- Real estate tax strategy;
- Tax due diligence;
- Tax audit, tax dispute settlement and tax clearance;
- Seeking interpretation on tax regulations and practice with the Cambodian administration;
- Foreign employee tax compliance;
- Local administration tax regime;
- Import & export procedures and requirements.
Administrative Law & Legal Reform
- Public procurement;
- Project financed infrastructure/Public Private Partnerships;
- Foreign investment protection;
- State enterprise;
- Legal feasibility study;
- Technical assistance in legal reform.
Private Client Services, Legalization & Translation
- Family law (marriage, divorce, adoption);
- Estate law (wills and asset management);
- Immigration and nationality;
- Legal translation and certification.